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Releasing </H1>
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You can release workbench resources to the stream so that other team members can
catch up with your work.&nbsp; To release changes to a stream:
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<b>1.</b>
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<P CLASS="Para">In the Navigator view, select the resource (or resources) that
you want to release to the stream.</P>
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<b>2.</b>
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<P CLASS="Para">Bring up the context menu.&nbsp; Select the
&quot;Team &gt; Synchronize with Stream&quot; menu item.</P>
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<b>3.</b>
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In the Synchronization view, select the Release mode button on the view's
toolbar to filter out any modified workbench resources (outgoing changes) you
may have.&nbsp; See <a href="tasks-115.htm">Synchronizing</a>.&nbsp;&nbsp;</P>
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<b>4.</b>
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<P CLASS="Para">If there are no conflicts (red arrows), then you can release all
the resources to the stream.&nbsp; Go to Step 6.&nbsp;</P>
<P CLASS="Para">If there are conflicts, go to step 5.</P>
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Resolve conflicts.<p>This process will likely involve a merge.&nbsp; Use the
text compare area to merge&nbsp; resources with conflicts.&nbsp; You can copy
changes from the repository version of the resource to the workbench version of
the resource and save the merged workbench resource.&nbsp; Once all the
conflicts in the Structure Compare have been resolved, you are ready to
release.&nbsp;
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Select the top-most resource (or resources) in the hierarchy of the Structure
Compare pane, bring up the context menu, and select the
&quot;Release&quot; menu item.&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<b>7.</b>
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In the Release Comment Needed dialog, provide a comment for this release (e.g., &quot;Fixed the
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<P>Here is an example of the Synchronization view in Release mode, with no
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